Healing Hearts Counseling

Healing Hearts Counseling Healing Hearts Counseling provides trauma-informed therapy rooted in compassion, resilience, and hope.

We specialize in EMDR & nervous system healing to support lasting emotional and relational wellness for children, teens, individuals, couples & families

06/19/2026

As a Certified EMDR therapist, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, trainer and supervisor I have witnessed first hand the impact of EMDR in the lives of countless clients and clinicians for a variety of reasons.

Often times people will ask, “How do I know if EMDR is right for me?” Or they want to understand better what it is and how it works. I created a page on our website dedicated to answering many of these questions.

You can visit: https://www.healingheartsccaz.com/emdr-therapy (copy and paste or click link in bio). Or call and reach out today. We have a team of trained EMDR therapist who would love to help. 🫶

Often times taking the first step is the hardest step. But you’re worth it friend.

Sending love your way,

Myra 🤍

Gentle reminder for therapists:Your presence is not secondary to the intervention.Sometimes your presence is what makes ...
06/19/2026

Gentle reminder for therapists:

Your presence is not secondary to the intervention.

Sometimes your presence is what makes the intervention possible.

Especially in developmental trauma work.

Because when the wound is relational, the work requires more than technique.

It requires attunement.

Pacing.

Repair.

A body in the room that can stay present when the client’s system is unsure if connection is safe.

This does not mean you have to be perfectly regulated.

It does not mean you always know exactly what to do.

It means you are willing to notice.

To slow down.

To track what is happening in the client and in yourself.

To recognize when urgency enters the room.

To stay curious instead of forcing the process.

Your nervous system matters in this work.

Your groundedness matters.

Your ability to pause matters.

Your capacity to stay with uncertainty matters.

Not because you are the healer.

But because your presence can help create the conditions where healing becomes possible.

This is part of the deeper work we practice inside EMBODIED.

DM me EMBODIED if you want details about the July cohort.





This week, my family and I had the incredible honor of visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.We were...
06/19/2026

This week, my family and I had the incredible honor of visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.

We were able to have a private tour and history lesson with Bob Kendrick, the President of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and it was one of those experiences that stays with you.

It was powerful.
It was sacred.
It was inspiring.

And it was so much more than a story of segregation and struggle.

It was a story of the human spirit.

Of resilience.
Of brilliance.
Of passion.
Of excellence.
Of creativity.
Of heart.

A story of men and communities who built something extraordinary in a world that tried to exclude them.

They created opportunity where opportunity was denied.
They created joy in the midst of injustice.
They created legacy in a system that tried to erase them.

As a trauma therapist, I think often about what people carry.

The pain.
The survival.
The dignity.

The stories that were never fully told.

The ways people continue to live, create, love, fight, build, and become, even in the face of systems that were never designed for their freedom.

And as we honor Juneteenth, I am reminded that remembering matters.

Not just remembering the suffering.
But remembering the strength.

Not just remembering what was stolen.
But remembering what endured.

Not just remembering history as something behind us.
But recognizing the ongoing work of freedom, repair, dignity, and justice.

I left the museum deeply moved and deeply grateful.

Grateful for the stories.
Grateful for the legacy.
Grateful for the reminder that the human spirit is powerful.

Happy Juneteenth.





Developmental trauma is not always stored as one clear memory.Sometimes it shows up as an organization of experience.You...
06/18/2026

Developmental trauma is not always stored as one clear memory.

Sometimes it shows up as an organization of experience.

You hear the words, “I’m fine,” but their body disappears.

They say, “I don’t need anything,” but their nervous system learned long ago that needing was not safe.

They barely whisper the words, “I know I’m safe,” but feel so much shame as their body is still scanning for danger.

They say, “It wasn’t that bad,” but their system is still organized around protection.

This is why somatic integration matters in EMDR.

Because the story matters.

But the body is often where the adaptation is still living.

And when we learn to track that, we can begin to work with developmental trauma in a deeper, more embodied way.

If you’re a therapist doing deep trauma work and ready to integrate a more somatic approach comment MISSING and I’ll send you the link to my free masterclass Friday June 26th:

When EMDR Is Not Enough: Working with Developmental Trauma

I’d love to walk this out with you 🫶

Meet the Healing Hearts team! At Healing Hearts, we believe therapy is not one-size-fits-all.Healing happens in safe, at...
06/16/2026

Meet the Healing Hearts team!

At Healing Hearts, we believe therapy is not one-size-fits-all.
Healing happens in safe, attuned relationships where people feel seen, supported, and understood.

Our team is made up of clinicians who bring different specialties, backgrounds, personalities, and lived experience to the work — but we share a common commitment:

To hold space with compassion.�To practice trauma-informed care with integrity.�To honor each client’s pace.�To support healing in a way that is human, collaborative, and grounded.

We work with children, teens, adults, couples, families, and individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, life transitions, nervous system overwhelm, and the many layers of being human.

We specialize in an integrative trauma-informed approach utilizing modalities such as EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, trauma-informed CBT, DBT, Expressive Arts, Hypnosis, EFT & Gottman Method for couples, Play therapy & Sand Tray Therapy for children.

What I love most about this team is not just their clinical skill.

It is their heart.

The way they care.�The way they keep learning.�The way they hold stories with reverence.�The way they show up for clients with presence and intention.

If you are looking for therapy, we would be honored to help you find the right fit.

Welcome to Healing Hearts! We’re so glad you’re here 🫶

Not every clinical shift is dramatic.Sometimes it is one breath the body could finally take.A shoulder that softens.A ga...
06/15/2026

Not every clinical shift is dramatic.
Sometimes it is one breath the body could finally take.

A shoulder that softens.
A gaze that returns.
A hand that unclenches.
A client who can stay present for one more second than they could before.

In trauma work, especially developmental trauma, we can miss the sacredness of the subtle shift if we are only looking for the big breakthrough.

But the nervous system often heals in small, careful moments of new experience.
A little more capacity.
A little more choice.
A little more presence.
A little more ability to feel without disappearing.

These moments matter.
And as EMDR therapists, learning to notice them changes the way we work.
Because sometimes the deepest sign of movement is not intensity.

Sometimes it is the body realizing, even briefly:

I can stay.
I can feel this.
I am not alone.
Something different is possible here.

➡️ Follow @‌healingheartsccaz for more on trauma recovery and nervous system healing ❤️‍🩹





Please join us in welcoming our newest interns, Kristen Bulger and Savannah Crocket, to the Healing Hearts team.Both Kri...
06/12/2026

Please join us in welcoming our newest interns, Kristen Bulger and Savannah Crocket, to the Healing Hearts team.

Both Kristen and Savannah bring so much heart, intention, and compassion to this work, and we are grateful to walk alongside them as they continue growing as clinicians.

Kristen comes to this work with a strong background in education, special education, ministry support, and mental health advocacy. She brings years of experience in communication, leadership, and interpersonal support, along with a deep commitment to trauma-informed care and mental wellness. Kristen will work with clients across the lifespan.

Savannah is passionate about helping individuals feel seen, heard, and supported throughout their healing journey. With a background in addiction and trauma, as well as experience working with children and adolescents, she brings empathy, patience, and authenticity into her work.
Her experience in education has also strengthened her ability to connect with young people and families with warmth and care.

We are honored to be part of this season of their clinical growth and so excited for the clients who will experience their presence, compassion, and support.

Welcome to Healing Hearts, Kristen and Savannah. We are so glad you’re here. 🤍
Interested in scheduling with Kristen or Savannah? If you live in Arizona you can call or text our scheduling line at 480-656-9174!

Gentle reminder for EMDR therapists:Sometimes the most clinical thing you can do is pause.Not because you are unsure.Not...
06/11/2026

Gentle reminder for EMDR therapists:

Sometimes the most clinical thing you can do is pause.

Not because you are unsure.

Not because you are abandoning the protocol.

Not because the work is not happening.

But because the nervous system may need a moment to orient, reorganize, and find enough capacity to stay present.

In complex trauma work, momentum is not always the goal.

Sometimes the deeper work happens when we slow down enough to notice:

What just shifted?
Where did the body go?
Is the client still here?
Is there protection showing up?
Is there something trying to complete?
Is there something missing that needs to be acknowledged?

The pause is not a failure of clinical confidence.

Sometimes the pause is the confidence.

It says:
I am listening.
I am tracking.
I am not going to push past what this nervous system can hold.

That matters.

➡️ Follow @‌instituteforintegrativehealing for more on somatic integration, EMDR, and upcoming trainings for therapists.





Just checking in on you… 👀❤️Because sometimes the way we talk to ourselves is harder than what we would ever say to some...
06/10/2026

Just checking in on you… 👀❤️

Because sometimes the way we talk to ourselves is harder than what we would ever say to someone we love.

So I’m checking:

You’re not calling yourself too sensitive when your nervous system is overwhelmed, right?

You’re not judging yourself for needing rest after holding too much for too long, right?

You’re not confusing numb with fine, right?

You’re not minimizing what happened because someone else “had it worse,” right?

You’re not shaming the parts of you that helped you survive, right?

And you’re remembering that your body may still be responding to something your mind knows is over, right?

Healing asks for honesty.

But it also asks for tenderness.

It asks us to notice the patterns, the protection, the shutdown, the bracing, the ways we learned to survive.

But not with shame.

With compassion.

With curiosity.

With enough safety to begin doing something different.

So here is your gentle reminder:

You do not have to force your way through healing.

You do not have to earn rest.

You do not have to prove your pain was “bad enough.”

You are allowed to go slowly.

You are allowed to need support.

You are allowed to meet yourself with the same care you offer everyone else.

Tag a friend or share this with someone you’re gently checking in on today. 🤍

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2680 S Val Vista Drive Building 15 Suite 185
Chandler, AZ
85296

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Monday 9am - 9pm
Tuesday 9am - 9pm
Wednesday 9am - 9pm
Thursday 9am - 9pm
Friday 9am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

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